Derek Neuland's Blog (10)

The Portland Zine Symposium is looking for art submissions for the 2011 poster. This year's theme is "Postmarked 2011." Your art submission should be your creative interpretation of that theme.

The guidelines are simple – We are looking for a 11" wide x 17" tall poster that will also be used in other formats (the web, post cards, buttons, stickers, etc), so your design needs to be visible and striking at multiple sizes and resolutions (or have smaller, breakaway pieces). The…

All zinesters may not feel the same way, but I love office supplies! My love for pens and mail organization has even lead some of my friends to call me an office punk. Although you can make a zine with almost anything, here is a list of what I feel are the most essential zine making tools. Click to read the…Continue

No matter what you call them: fests, symposiums, conventions, expos, etc…, they are a great way to connect with other zinesters, learn something new at a workshop, trade zines, and so much more. There are a lot of zine (and zine friendly) fests coming in the next few months.…Continue

i just laid out the first 6 pages of All Things Ordinary #1. This is a big night for me because this will be my first zine since March of 2004. This is also my first quarter sized zine. Thus far, i have done 2 full sized, one half legal size, and one half size zine (in that order). I doubt i will ever make another full sized zine, but i really liked the half size and half legal size formats.